Petticoat.



- v v E. J. SEGRELL.

PETTIGOAT.

. I I APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1908. 903,326.

Patented Nov. 10, 1902s.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Q/Uitmwam 'E. J. SEGRELL.

PETTIGOAT.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 2a, 1908.

Patented Nov. '10, 1908.

2 QHEETS-SHEET 2.

EDWARD J. SEGRELL, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

PE 'ITICOAT.

Specification of Letters, Patent.

Patented Nev. 10, acs.

Application flled May 2a, 1905. Said No, menu.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. SEGRELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at N ew ark, county of Essex, State of New Jersey,

5 have invented a new and'useful Petticoat, of

a specification.

providing a pettilapel, adapted to which the following is My inventionconsists in coat with a placket, and a close the same, said munic-ationwith a division in the waistband of the garment, and width-adjustin andfastening devices respectively on said lmnd and lapel, said devicescomprisin hooks on the lapel and a series of eyelets c enched on theband, whereby said e elets are firmly connected in position an notliable to be disconnected from the band by the draft of the hooksthereon.

It further consists in forming the. waist band of the arment of asolidtop member and divided ower members pendent there-- from, thedivided members being adapted to have the upper edge of the garment.body fitted between them, said band having eyelets elenched thereon,the same being adapted for the engagement of the hooks on the lapel,thus providing a band of great strength, the same reinforcing the edgeof the body and furthermore firm] retaining the eyelets in positionwithout lialiility to .be drawn out, an avoiding eyes or other fastenersthat'require to be sewedor stitched into position.

It further consists in roviding the lapel with a facing at the top tereof and in forming the edge of said top in such manner that saidfacing presents no. humping or buckling and preserves the normal andunbroken condition of the lapel at the top thereof, especially when inuse.

For the purpose of ex laining my invention, the accom anying d iawingillustrates a satisfactory red iiction of the same to ira'ctic-e, butthe important instrumenta ities thereof may be varied, and so it is tobe understood that the invention is not limited to the specificarrangement and organization shown and described.

Figures 1 and 2 re )resent rear elevations of a petticoat embodying myinvention, a

0 certain part thereof in one figure being in a different position fromthat in the other-figure. Fig. 3 represents a to edge view thereof on anenlarged scale. I ig. 4 represents a front view of a portion of thegarment. Fig. 5 5 represents a horizontal section on line a:z, Fig. 1,0n,a n enlarged scale. Fig. 6 represents a face view-' ofa produced.

placket being in comwhich the la el embo ying the invention is ig. 7represents aside view of said piece in the step of operation, taken.from the interior thereof. Pig. 8 represents a perspective view of thefacing piece em, ployed. Fi of the waist nd on an enlarged scale. Figs.10 and 11 represent sections-on linesrespecr. tively yy and zz, Figs. 1and 2, on em. larged scales. Fig. 12 represents a face view of adetached portion.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in 'thefigures.

. Referring to the drawings :A designates a petticoat which is composedof the body B, the waist band B, the lapel C, and the placket D, saidbody having in its 11 per portion an opening D which is locate at adifferent place from the opening D of the lacket D, said openin 'Dandsaid placket ein located at the si e of the garment towar s the frontthereof, while said opening D and the lapel C, which is adapted to coverthe same, is at the rear of the garment.

The waist band B has a plurality of vertical divisions B", B, the samecommunicating respectively with the openings D, D- of the said placketand lapel. In the waist band are a series of eyelets E, which arelocated on the op osite sides of the division B thereof in theongitudinal direction of the band and clenched on the latter, thusfirmly connecting the e elets with said band.

On the sides 0 the inner face of the lapel C, are hooks F, which areadapted to engage with the corresponding eyelets on opposite sides ofthe division B so as to retain s lapel in position relatively to thewaist size of the wearer of the garment.

The placket-D is provided with hooks G which are ada ted to en ageeyelets H on the body B on one side of said lacket and the band B,whereby said placli retained in closed position.

In the formation of the lapel, I take the lenvth J at the center of therear of the body and cut the upper edge in zig-zag form as at (piece ofmaterial from i 9 represents a perspective view ct may be K, and thengather or fold said le n th in lon 1 5 gitudinal direction, forming thefo ds L, the zig-z'ag edge K being also folded imparting to the same aV-shape or one that diverges from center upwardly A facing M is thensecured to the upper old said facing being formed of a folded piece ofmaterial, between whose members, said ededge of the lapel,

vantageous effect 0 which on the garmentworn over the petticoat beingapparent. Furthermore, the facin piece covers and conceals the raw edgeof the material of the to of the lapel and strengthens said edge.

En order to reinforce or strengthen the top of the facing M, I applythereto the binding N, a fabric which is composed of a heac and lengthsQ, which are endent from said head and'integral therewit 1, said lengthsreceiving between them and being secured to the upper portion of thefacing and inclosing and concealing the edge of said facing, whilestrengthening said upper portion.

The waist band B is composed of a head R and lengths S, which are endentfrom said head and integral therewit said lengths receiving between themand being secured to the upper portion of the body B and inclosed andconcealing the raw edge of said body while strengthening said upperortion, 1t bein also noticed that the eye e'ts E are clenc ed partly onsaid head R and partly on said lengths, and so are firmly connected withthe band B and well enabled to endure the strain to which they aresubjected, when the hooks F are connected withsaid eyelets and thegarment is in use, itbeing also noticed, that eyes or similar attachingdevices heretofore employed and requiring to be sewed or stitched towhile the eyelets rest comparatively flat on the waistband and avoidPIOJGOtlOILS thereon.

It will be seen that when the placket and lapel are opened, the garmentmaybe laced on the body of the wearer. Then the p acket is closed andsecured, and the lapel is raised and the hooks F are fitted in theproper eyelets E relatively-to the waist measure of the wearer, it beingevident that by .means of said eyelets rovision is made for fasteni thelapel to the band for waists of wearers b varying sizes, whetherslender, medium or stout, and furthermore evident that the rear openingor division B in said band is covered .and concealed, as are also thedivision and opening B, D, and the garment hangs gracefully in position,its 00d fit at the stomach an hips is preserved, the outer surfaces ofthe lapel C forming a comparatively unbroken curve continuous of thecurvature of the outer surface of the len ths of the material at thesides of said la e the continuous alinement at said lapel an lengthsthus being preserved under all conditions of adjustment the garment areavoided,

without buckling or humping of the lapel, there is no unsightlygathering of the garlnent over said localities, there is no discomfortin wearin the garment, no sagging of the same, and its length may beadjusted simply by making one or more tucks in the body above thetrimming without affecting the general fit of the garment when adjustedat the waist band. Furthermore, the garment may be removed, underordinary circumstances, by openin the placket 1) without disturbing thelape C, and consequently the waist adj ustm'ent due to the same. Thefront finish of the body is such that the placket when closed isscarcely perceptible, while it possesses the advantages in connectionwith the lapel, as hereinbefore set forth.

Fig. 12 shows a portion of the placket D on an enlarged scale. Each ed eportion of the same is reinforced by a binding T, which is similar tothe binding N, exceptin that'the former bindin extends in verticadirection I on the respective placket members and its divided len ths Ureceive the opposite edge portions 0 the body B, which are stitched orotherwise secured to said lengths, thus con-- cealing the raw edges ofsaid ortions, while vastly strengthening the p acket at the Elaces ofoccupation of the fastening devices Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A petticoat having a body, therein, and a la el adap placket, saidlapel eing composed of a length of material of said body having azig-zag upper ed e and folded in longitudinal directions 2. E petticoathaving a body, a placket therein, and a la el adapted to cover said aplacket placket, said lape being composed of a length of material ofsaid bod having a zig-za upper edge and folded 1n longitudinalirections, and a'facing coverin said zig-z'ag edge and the portion 0thela 0 below the same said facing being secure having its lower ed eshaped'to accord with the shape of the fol ed edge ofthe lapel.

3. A petticoathaving a body a therein, a lapel folded longitudinaadapted to cover said to said lapel an y and upper on of said apel and abinding on the top edge of said facing said bindin being composed of ahead, an a pluralit o members formin a fork pendent there om, said tedto cover said Iplacket 115 lacket and havin a zig-inig u per ed 0, aorked facing on t e edge being tied betweensaid members and securedthereto.

4. 'A etticoat. com 'osed of a waist band, the latter avin 'a pluralityof vertical divisions therein at different places,

a plurality of plackets in said bod respectively in communication withsaid a fastenin for one of said plackets,

a separable lape having a zig-za'g upper edge and visions,

5. A petticoat complosed of a body, a

waist band, said bod aving a Vertical division therein, a lape on thebody adapted to cover said divislon and having a zig-zag upper edge, andwaist adjusting and fastening devices respectively on said band andlapel, said band being composed of a head, and a plurality of membersforming a fork pendent therefrom,.the upper end ortion of said bodybeing fitted between sai members and eyelets securing said membersthereto.

6. In a petticoat, a body, a placket there in, and a reinforce for saidplacket, said reinforce being composed of a head and divided lengthsextending therefrom, the edge portion of said lacket being fittedbetween said lengths an secured thereto and fastening devices secured tosaid reinforce.

EDWARD J. SEGRELL.

Witnesses:

CHAS. A. MEAD, H. E. SEIBEL.

